Dress form



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DRESS FORM Filed March 14, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet l I II - mmvrozes EVA CLAWSEY JOHN D. CLAWSEY BY W Z ATTQRNE Y y 8, 1953 E. CLAWSEY ETAL. 2,646,907

DRESS FORM Filed March 14, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG. 5

JNVENTORS EVA CLAWSEY JOHN D. CLAWSEY 76% 6 'iRNE Y Patented July 28,1953

DRESS FORM Eva. Clawsey and John D. Clawsey, New York, N. Y.

Application March 14, 1952, Serial No. 276,566

This invention relates to a form, especially a dress form, and more particularly'an adjustable dress form.

A principal object of our invention is the construction of an adjustable dress form in such Wise that it may be easily and conveniently adjusted in girth in a plurality of horizontal planes by a manipulation of parts which are all on the outside of the form, which parts are positive in action and do not depend upon friction alone.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the description of the particular physical embodiment selected to illustrate the invention progresses and the novel features will be D ticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail and the particular physical embodiment selected to illustrate the invention, reference Will be had 130 the accompanying drawings and the several views thereon, in which like characters of reference designate like parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure l is a front elevational View of a dress form embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the dress form as illustrated by Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary top plan view of the device as shown by Fig. 1 with a retaining knob removed; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary part elevational and part sectional view illustrating means for supporting sections of my form and elastic means for biasing the sections; Fig. 5 is an elevational view of one-half of my dress form showing the positioning of section supporting means within the form; Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view of the device as shown by Fig. 5 on the plane indicated by the line VI-VI.

Our improved form, as is usual, is supported by a standard I which is preferably circular in cross section and may well be formed of a length of ordinary pipe. The standard I is supported by a pedestal or base 3 which, as is usual, is of sufficient weight to quite well keep the form from overturning in ordinary use.

As best shown in Fig. 5, we employ a plurality of spiders 5, 1 and 9. Each spider is suitably positioned on the standard I in the proper horizontal plane to perform its function. The spiders are attached to the standard I' in any suitable or appropriate manner, even by friction alone. Each spider, as best shown in Fig. 6, is provided with a plurality of radial arms H, l3, l5 and I1. Each of these arms receives a section support as l9, 2|, 23 and 25. We have illustrated the radial arm as receiving the section supports from within but we do not mean 2 Claims. (01. 223-68) 2 to exclude a construction wherein the section support embraces a radial arm.

Elastic means are positioned within each radial arm and each section support, as best shown in Fig. 4, wherein section support I 9 is shown within radial arm H and as having an elastic spring member 21 positioned between the spider and the section support so that the section support is biased together with the supported section away from the standard I. g

The upper spider 5 acts to support the partial body contour simulating front sections 29 and 3| and the corresponding back sections, one of which, 33, is shown in Fig. 2.

The spider 1 supports the partial body contour simulating front sections 35 and 3'! and the corresponding back sections, one of which, 39, is shown in Fig. 2.

The spider 9 supports the partial body contour simulating front sections 4! and 43 and the corresponding back sections, one of which, 45, is shown in Fig. 2.

We have shown only three spiders and we have shown each of the spiders as supporting four sections, but we want it understood that we do not mean to exclude by this showing the use of a larger number of spiders and a larger number of radial arms on each spider so as to thereby support a larger number of sections in each of the sets as the bust section set, the waist section set and the hip and thigh section set.

Around each of the sets we position a strap, that is strap 41 around the bust set, strap 49, around the waist set and strap 5l' around the hip and thigh set.

Each of the straps is provided with slots 53 on one end thereof into which the other reduced end may be inserted and bent over so as to hold the strap to its predetermined set.

The sections of our form are all so held, as hereinbefore described, that, if unrestrained, they will move outwardly away from the central standard I. If it is desired to reduce the girth of any one of the sets, the strap surrounding that set is shortened, or, if it is desired to make the girth of the set larger, the strap is lengthened. One, two, or all of the straps may be lengthened or shortened so that the form will conform quite closely to the contours of the person for whom a garment is being made with the aid of the form, and the straps may be adjusted so as to give the several sets any girth between a minimum and a maximum.

The sections, as 29, may be made of any suitable or appropriate material. We prefer to make them of papier-mach, but they may also be made of laminated wood or plastic.

From the hereinbefore given description it will be seen that we have provided a form, of the usual dress makers form character which has few parts so that it is not likely to easily get out of order and is adjustable, within limits, by easily manipulated devices which are on the outside of the form, so that no necessity of reaching within the form is present to change the girth of the form at various horizontal levels.

Although we have particularly described one particular physical embodiment of invention and explained the construction and principle thereof,

nevertheless, we desire to have it understood that the form selected is merely illustrative, but

does not exhaust the possible physical embodiments of the idea of means underlying our in-" vention.

What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A dress form, including, in combination, a plurality of partial body contour simulating divisions, the divisions arranged in sets, one above the other, the top set being a bust set, the next set below being a waist set, and the lowest set being a hip and thigh set, each set including a plurality of sections, a central standard about which the sections are positioned, a section support attached to each section, spiders, one foreach set, each spider formed with a portion positioning it along the standard and including arms extending radially from the standard, each arm receiving and supporting a section support,

elastic means between each arm and each sec 3;,

tion support biasing the section support away standard, each arm receiving and supporting a section support, elastic means between each arm and each section support biasing the section support away from the standard and a plurality ofadjus tabl e straps, equal in number to the number of spiders, positioned to surround the sections, onein the horizontal plane of each spider, .whereby the sections as a whole may simulate the contours of a human body and may be varied in girth at each of the adjustable strap locations from a minimum to a maximum.

EVA CLAWSEY. JOHN D. CLAWSEY.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,228,908 Granger June 5, 1917 1,259,808 Ufiord Mar. 19, 1918 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 21,167 Great Britain Oct. 18, 1905 22,199 Great Britain Feb. 14, 1911 

